Autoridades locales conflictuadas: temores y dificultades de jueces territoriales en Chile colonial (1711-1817)

The analysis of reports sent to their superiors and messages sent to other people and written during the judicial proceedings for slanders enables a reflexion upon the obstacles encounterd by men in charge of the functions of urban and rural judges in the XVIIIth century in Chile. Different levels o...

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Main Author: María Eugenia Albornoz Vásquez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains 2015-09-01
Series:Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/68292
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description The analysis of reports sent to their superiors and messages sent to other people and written during the judicial proceedings for slanders enables a reflexion upon the obstacles encounterd by men in charge of the functions of urban and rural judges in the XVIIIth century in Chile. Different levels of competences and skills appear as difficulties, according to the ability or clumsiness of these men. Their fears reveal a sensibility and the reluctance to suffer in their duty, and their acts of rebellion underscore the individual resistance to the rules of their office. This article aims at showing the experience and the trajectories of individuals who practiced as judges and undermining their subjectivity, as well as the singularity of an office frequently studied from the perspective of legality or institutional corporatism. It allows to question the judicial, juridical and jurisdictionnal practices and culture in the last decades of the colonial period.
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spelling doaj.art-bc8f20e8b16b489aa39eed8c2a221a8f2024-02-14T16:52:52ZengCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos1626-02522015-09-0110.4000/nuevomundo.68292Autoridades locales conflictuadas: temores y dificultades de jueces territoriales en Chile colonial (1711-1817)María Eugenia Albornoz VásquezThe analysis of reports sent to their superiors and messages sent to other people and written during the judicial proceedings for slanders enables a reflexion upon the obstacles encounterd by men in charge of the functions of urban and rural judges in the XVIIIth century in Chile. Different levels of competences and skills appear as difficulties, according to the ability or clumsiness of these men. Their fears reveal a sensibility and the reluctance to suffer in their duty, and their acts of rebellion underscore the individual resistance to the rules of their office. This article aims at showing the experience and the trajectories of individuals who practiced as judges and undermining their subjectivity, as well as the singularity of an office frequently studied from the perspective of legality or institutional corporatism. It allows to question the judicial, juridical and jurisdictionnal practices and culture in the last decades of the colonial period.https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/68292Social History18th centuryChileJudgesJustice
spellingShingle María Eugenia Albornoz Vásquez
Autoridades locales conflictuadas: temores y dificultades de jueces territoriales en Chile colonial (1711-1817)
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
Social History
18th century
Chile
Judges
Justice
title Autoridades locales conflictuadas: temores y dificultades de jueces territoriales en Chile colonial (1711-1817)
title_full Autoridades locales conflictuadas: temores y dificultades de jueces territoriales en Chile colonial (1711-1817)
title_fullStr Autoridades locales conflictuadas: temores y dificultades de jueces territoriales en Chile colonial (1711-1817)
title_full_unstemmed Autoridades locales conflictuadas: temores y dificultades de jueces territoriales en Chile colonial (1711-1817)
title_short Autoridades locales conflictuadas: temores y dificultades de jueces territoriales en Chile colonial (1711-1817)
title_sort autoridades locales conflictuadas temores y dificultades de jueces territoriales en chile colonial 1711 1817
topic Social History
18th century
Chile
Judges
Justice
url https://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/68292
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